Some you win......some you lose.....

No clue about the plant, Dan, but not looking too good.:~(
Great pics otherwise! The canvasses look great!!

Oooh your Canvas's look Double Fantastic, Amazing OB, I might try this myself..
About your Aoneum, what are we looking at, if its the white bits, looks like grit to me, these like grit to rest on, or its plantfood, GCs always add it, The offsets can be planted up. Loads of free plants there OB.. I would pot the mother plant up again and place grit on top of the pot to rest its head on :)))

Another great blog Dan, lovely pics of the squirrel, was he posing for you? Didn't know you could get your pics put on canvas at Tesco, what a wonderful idea and unique to you.
As to the vine weevil, it's hard to tell from the photos. Are the white bits small C shaped grubs (about 1/4" across) with brown/orange at one end or are they bits of perlite? I think you saw the pic of the adult in my blog but it is the grubs which do the damage. The grubs are usually obvious. Maybe the roots just rotted from overwatering - too much TLC! lol

Great blog O.B. :)) Just love those canvases....can I be really really cheeky, and ask how much they cost to be put on canvas?? I'd love to have some done for christmas presents....
As for the Aeonium, I would say pot it up again in gritty compost, and go easy on the watering. The white things look like perlite to me (used for improving the drainage in compost) rather than vine weevil grubs... but then my eye-sight isn't one of my better features, lol....

Great blog oddbillies striking canvases.

Hey OB...your white things there don't look like vine weevil grubs...I had them take over an old white kitchen sink I had planted up & they are maggoty looking b*****s with a dark end & the older ones have legs! They ate all my succulents from the bottom so like you I knew something was up as the plant just came away with no roots or anything!
They are creamy colour too whereas your pics shows bright white stuff, as the others say like pearlite. Have I convinced you? Lol!!
Other than that...your Jack Frost & your colourful pots look great....& I love your squizzle...he's so cute!
I didn't know what you could do at Tesco with the canvas pics...could I ask how much that costs? Me 'n' Crazydi wanna know! ;0)

Too right we do Fluff! That could be my christmas shopping sorted for this year, lol :)

Great blog OB - wonderful to have original pics of your own on canvas ..another who never knew Tesco did this but shouldnt be too surprised ..seem to do everything else lol

Glad your Jack Frost seems happier lovely leaf and the little forget me not flowers a real bonus.

i cant see any of the little b*******s but all is not lost. plenty of cuttings to give you new plants. i use a gritty sandy mix of compost. snip each one off and put into pots. they will soon root and give you lovely new plants.
love the canvas prints..;-))

See! If you'd done them yourself you could be rolling in garden money!

Asda do Canvas too, 3 sizes as i remember but it wasn't cheap :(
ps OB, love your Brunnera, a must have plant in the garden i think..

It's lovely, isn't it Daisy?

couldnt see any bugs there Dan but like sandra says take cuttings and you will have new plants, fuchsia seems good to so should be ok for next year, love the canvas`s ive been thinking the same, so will check out tesco and get clubcard points for my airmiles :o), your pots still looking good, glad the brunera is doing well, its about the size of mine so lets hope for bigger next year :o)

Thanks all! Such kind comments from everyone.

Marie: How would I go about doing my own though? I assume I'd have to buy frames, printable canvas and then a printer that will print onto canvas?

I think you're all right about the plant food thing and I'm now thinking it probably was over watering that has rotted the roots. I will try what Sandra has advised and repot tsome of the smaller shoots and see what happens. Thanks for all your advice and thank goodness it's not those 'orrible b******s!!

The canvases are NOT cheap in all honesty. These 2 are slightly smaller than A4 but cost nearly £48 for the 2. I had promised Ali one and couldn't then say no, but next time I'm gonna have prints done as they are far cheaper. Ali thinks I should put some of pics in clip frames around my little office here. She's already picked up 2 frames from Wilko's fro 99p each so will get some done soon!

They do much larger canvases for £50 but it can get very expensive. Won't do them again, nice as they are!

Thanks again all:0)-

Yes San, really chuffed with the Brunnera and it's all down to you and Dee. I've learnt so much these past few, short months but still have a tendancy to 'panic' a little when really I should just be content to let nature take it's course and ask on here if I'm not sure.

Looking forward to my week off in a week and a bit and already have my agenda pretty much planned for the garden. Have to go to a meeting on the Thursday but don't mind as I'm usinfg that day at xmas when for the first time in over 15 years, I shall be having more than just xmas day off! I am having 4, luxurious days from xmas eve to the day after boxing day. Back in on 28th!! It will be like heaven as I will actually be able to relax for once AND, have a drink on xmas day without thinking of work the next day!

Anyway, hope the fuschia's work out for me. Already in the GH so we keep an eye on them. Thanks again San:0)

I'll pm you!

Okay, cool! Thanks

Done!

Enjoyd your blog, and your little visitor is lovely. Your canvases look stunning too.

Does the squirrel pinch your bulbs Dan? we used to have one around here and I lost hundreds without knowing why, mind you I`d love it if one came back, love to watch them. Your canvasses look smashing and make them extra special knowing they are your own pics...

Funnily enough Lincs, I noticed tonight, when I was doing all the above things, that he may have been inmy half barrel tub with my Autumn bulbs in. Just a couple of little indentations in the soil but nothing taken as yet. I've tried covering it over now with some picket fence to hopefully dissuade him/them. They are already poking through so hopefully, they will be established shortly and they will be left to flourish alone!!

Hope Morgan is feeling better soon. Such a beautiful looking dog!

Thanks for your comments on the canvasses. You too Gee!

yw Dan, my fuchsias in shed and really have grown quite a bit but im sure i was told not to worry if leaves fall because that normal as i know for winter sleep, lol but hope to have plenty for next year :o)

Enjoyed your blog very much.

we havent got suirrels (i havent got the letter to the left of w...lol 0 here ...we got ruby reggie and blod who delight in digging out my bulbs...

A friend of mine does the canvas pics from your own photo but he charges £60!

An interesting blog on a subject that affects most of us. Does anyone know when is the best time to sterilize the soil to eradicate the little blighters?

And HOW to sterilise it??

You do take some grand photos! Don't you just bake the soil to sterilize it? Or if ground, cover with plastic to solarize?

Oh if only! we don't get enough sun here Orqratis. I have an electric sterilizer but it would take months to do all I need. I use something called Amatillox but I don't know if I should use it now or late winter.